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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Two New Jack White Songs "Connected By Love" and "Respect Commander"

One of RtBE's favorites, Jack White has two new tunes out "Connected By Love" and "Respect Commander"

The first focuses on his singing and has an eerie space vibe mixed with a positive gospel sounds with big swells complete with a killer B3 organ solo. Listen for yourself:

There is a ripping guitar solo slipped in that melds with organ work. Sparse bass and drums, but the overly dramatic progressions and warbling intro keep it oddly grounded...really love it upon first listen. It is the first single from his upcoming album Boarding House Reach.

He also released another track today, "Respect Commander". It is a skittering funky jam session that morphs into an awesome screeching outer space blues lament, birthed directly from Herbie Hancock's "Rocket":

Today, Jack has released “Connected by Love,” the first single from his forthcoming third solo album, BOARDING HOUSE REACH, along with companion album track “Respect Commander.” Both songs are available digitally worldwide and as a physical 7” pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit now – listen, download and purchase HERE.

Needless to say we can not fucking wait to hear the whole thing. Jack's last two releases of new material topped our year end lists in 2012 and 2014 respectively. We have high hopes and judging from these tracks, we will not be disappointed.